Analysis of the electric double layer structure formed in an ionic liquid using neutron reflectivity

中性子反射率実験によるイオン液体中で形成された電気二重層の解析

田村 和久   ; 阿久津 和宏*; Cagnes, M.*; Darwish, T. A.*

Tamura, Kazuhisa; Akutsu-Suyama, Kazuhiro*; Cagnes, M.*; Darwish, T. A.*

中性子反射率測定によりイオン液体/Si電極界面の構造を調べた。部分的に重水素化した1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)amide ([BMIM]TFSA)を用いて、[BMIM]TFSA/Si(100)界面における、イオン液体分子の配向を調べた。実験結果は、負に帯電しているSi(100)電極表面では、電極表面に吸着しているイオン液体分子は、表面に平行に配向していることが分かった。

The ionic liquid/Si electrode interface was investigated using neutron reflectivity. We precisely elucidated the structure of the electrical double layer formed at 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)amide ([BMIM]TFSA)/Si(100) electrode interface with the orientation of the [BMIM]TFSA molecule using a partially deuterated [BMIM]TFSA. The results revealed that [BMIM]TFSA molecules form a layered structure. Cation and anion molecules are alternatingly stacked and molecules in the first three layers are horizontally oriented to the electrode surface at E = -1.2 V, i.e., on the negatively charged electrode surface. It was also revealed that the imidazole ring in [BMIM] cation is parallel to the electrode surface.